Acmispon cytisoides

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Acmispon
Species:
A. cytisoides
Binomial name
Acmispon cytisoides
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Hosackia cytisoides Benth.
  • Lotus benthamii Greene
  • Syrmatium cytisoides (Benth.) Brouillet

Acmispon cytisoides, synonyms Lotus benthamii and Syrmatium cytisoides, is a species of legume native to California.[2][3] It is known by the common names Bentham's broom and Bentham's deerweed.[4][5] It is endemic to central California, where it occurs along the Central Coast and into the coastal mountain ranges.[4][3] It grows in oceanside habitat and inland on slopes and in canyons. It is a mat-forming or spreading perennial herb lined with leaves each made up of a few oval leaflike leaflets up to 12 mm long.[3] The inflorescence bears up to 10 dull pinkish dark-veined flowers, each just under 1 cm long.

References

  1. ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
  2. 1 2 3 "Acmispon cytisoides (Benth.) Brouillet", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-02-14
  3. 1 2 3 4 Brouillet, Luc (2012), Jepson Flora Project (ed.), "Acmispon cytisoides", Jepson eFlora, Regents of the University of California, retrieved 2018-02-06
  4. 1 2 USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Lotus benthamii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
  5. ↑ Calflora


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